Life Ceremony: Stories Binding:Paperback Rivera Garza confronts the trauma

Rivera Garza confronts the trauma of losing her sister

Alvis Walker's unforgettable writing challenges readers to not only see and hold her story as being fully human

A group of reporters and the ton's leading gossips catch Georgina in a passionate embrace with a reticent composer

A stunning work of art that tackles place

the master chess player makes the now-widowed viscountess the highest-stakes wager of his life in a last-ditch effort to win her affection: he will find husbands for her two sisters--or depart forever

Life Ceremony: Stories Binding:Paperback Rivera Garza confronts the traumaThe long awaited first short story collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existence With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always